East Millinocket, ME

"Juneteenth. It's whatever...We're closed. Enjoy your fried chicken and collard greens," the sign said.

Millinocket business owners are worried that the mistakes of one business could ruin the town’s chances at economic revitalization to become something more than a former mill town. Since the story of a Millinocket insurance agency posting a racist sign on its door on Juneteenth has spread across the...

It sure wasn’t progressive. Allstate and Progressive are severing ties with a Maine insurance company after it posted a “racist” sign on Juneteenth and triggered backlash on social media. The heinous saga was set in motion after the Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency posted an offensive placard on their door in which they bellyached about being shuttered on June 19, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US. “Juneteenth. It’s whatever … We’re closed. Enjoy your fried chicken and collard greens,” the sordid sign read. Needless to say, the off-color gag sparked ire on Twitter, with one...

A racist sign about Juneteenth hung on the front door of an insurance company in Millinocket, Maine, has prompted viral internet outrage, condemnation from town leaders and an apology from someone affiliated with the business. The sign posted on the window of the Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency on Monday...

An independent insurance company is facing severe backlash over a racist window sign posted on Juneteenth. According to NBC News, the controversy began earlier this week when residents of Millinocket, Maine, noticed an offensive message left at the Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency. “Juneteenth, it’s whatever … we’re closed,” read...

“There is no place in the Town of Millinocket for such a blatant disregard of human decency," an official of the Maine town wrote.

The backlash against Maine’s Harry E Reed Insurance Agency continues with the loss of two major partnerships. Insurance giants Allstate and Progressive are backing out of their business contracts with the local Millinocket agency after it displayed a closed for business sign that read: “Juneteenth. It’s whatever… We’re closed. Enjoy your fried chicken and collard greens,” the New York Post reported.

Two major insurance companies terminated their relationships with a Maine insurance agency after it allegedly displayed a racist sign about the Juneteenth holiday earlier this week.

Many stores and offices closed Monday (June 20) for the observance of Juneteenth, the federal holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States. For some reason, an insurance agency in Maine that closed for the holiday thought it was a good idea to tape a message to its window that used a racial stereotype.

An image circulating on Facebook has caused backlash for a Maine insurance agency online after it showed a sign taped to the business’s door making racist remarks about Juneteenth.

An insurance agency in Maine is facing an avalanche of criticism after it posted a sign on Juneteenth that told those celebrating the new federal holiday to “enjoy your fried chicken & collard greens.”. A Facebook post showing a picture of the sign — posted on the door of...

MILLINOCKET, Maine — A post on social media has now been shared more than 10,000 times and counting, calling out a business in Millinocket for a sign it posted ahead of the Juneteenth holiday. The post shows pictures of Harry E. Reed Insurance Inc. on Penobscot Avenue in Millinocket...

An insurance agency in Maine, upset to be closed on Juneteenth, posted a sign that read "Enjoy your fried chicken & collard greens."

In observance of the federal holiday, Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency posted a sign on its window that read 'Juneteenth ~it’s whatever... We're closed. Enjoy your fried chicken & collard greens.'

The Reed Family Insurance Advisors of Damariscotta is not affiliated in any way with the Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency in Millinocket. Like many, we became aware of several news stories published over the past 24 hours reporting on an offensive sign posted on the front door of this other agency containing racist stereotypes. It is important for our clients and our community to know that we here at Reed Family Insurance Advisors have no association with this agency and condemn the racist content presented in their sign.

"My first reaction was disbelief, I just couldn't understand that someone would post that," Alura Stillwagon told Newsweek.

A racist Juneteenth sign posted to the window of a Maine insurance agency has caused an uproar both in the town of Millinocket and across social media. The state of Maine celebrated Juneteenth as an official holiday for the first time on Monday, resulting in business closures for the day.

BURLINGTON — The Burlington Food Pantry is doing its part to help those in need, and lately, the number of people in need has grown exponentially. The pantry, which has served at its current location for about a year, recently began an expansion project in order to help more hungry Mainers.